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Achievement First Boards of Directors

A talented and experienced group of professionals comprise Achievement First’s Network Support Board of Directors and the school-facing boards in New Haven, Bridgeport, Hartford, Brooklyn and Rhode Island. Our boards’ strong expertise in multiple fields—education, community development, business, law, youth programming and finance—allow them to provide strong governance and oversight of our schools.
Achievement First Network Support Board
Achievement First Bridgeport Academy Board
Achievement First Brooklyn Board
Achievement First Hartford Academy Board
Achievement First Rhode Island Board
Amistad Academy Board
Elm City College Preparatory Board

Achievement First Network Support Board

  • Officers

    • Andrew Boas, Chair
    • Reshma Singh, Vice Chair

  • Directors

    • Valerie Rockefeller
    • Kathy Hamel
    • Elizabeth Rose
    • Jennifer Mulhern
    • Katie Ballah
    • Carrie Schindele
    • Shelly Cleary
    • Pinak Pujari

Achievement First Bridgeport Academy Board

  • Officers

    • Rajeev Lakra, Chair
    • Michael Strambler, Vice Chair
    • Dewey Loselle, Treasurer
    • Marlene Macauda, Secretary

  • Directors

    • Dick Kalt
    • Ruben Felipe
    • Ebrima Jobe
    • RoAnne Thomas
    • Kelia Lanham
    • Jahneel Small

  • 2024-25 AF Bridgeport Board Meeting Schedule

    • Special Meeting, Thursday, August 8, 2024, 11:30 am / Zoom meeting
      agenda| minutes|recording
    • Thursday, October 10, 2024, 5:30 pm / Amistad High School 580 Dixwell Avenue New Haven, CT 06511
      agenda| minutes
    • Thursday, December 12, 2024, 5:30 pm /Amistad High School 580 Dixwell Avenue New Haven, CT 06511
      agenda| minutes
    • Thursday, February 27, 2025, 5:30 pm / Zoom meeting
      agenda| minutes
    • Thursday, April 10, 2025, 5:30 pm / AF Hartford High School, 305 Greenfield Street, Hartford, CT 06112
      agenda| minutes
    • Monday, April 21, 2025, 3:00 pm /Zoom meeting
      agenda| minutes
    • Thursday, May 22, 2025, 5:30 pm / Zoom meeting
      agenda| minutes
    • Thursday, June 5, 2025, 5:30 pm / AF Bridgeport Elementary School, 655 Stillman Street Bridgeport, CT 06608
      agenda| minutes

  • 2023-24 AF Bridgeport Board Meeting Schedule

  • 2024-25 AF Bridgeport Committee Meeting Schedule

    • Finance Committee meets on Zoom

  • 2023-24 AF Bridgeport Committee Meeting Schedule

    • Finance Committee meets on Zoom
      • Thursday, August 31, at 2:30 PM
        agenda | minutes | recording
      • Wednesday, October 11, at 4:30 PM
        agenda | minutes | recording
      • Wednesday, November 29, at 4:00 PM
        agenda | minutes | recording
      • Tuesday, March 19, at 5:00 PM
        agenda | minutes | recording
    • Amistad Academy Joint HS Committee meets on Zoom

  • Archived Agendas and Minutes

    • Download all 2020-21 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2019-20 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2018-19 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2017-18 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2016-17 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2015-16 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2014-15 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2013-14 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2012-13 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.

Achievement First Brooklyn Board

  • Officers

      • Brandon Sorlie, Incoming Chair
      • Romy Coquillette, Outgoing Chair
      • Paul Cabana, Vice Chair
      • Christopher Lynch, Treasurer
      • Akeem Frett, Secretary

  • Directors

    • Jon Atkeson
    • Tamika Bradley
    • Desiree Dalton
    • Kevin Miquelon
    • David Pollak
    • Amy Arthur Samuels
    • Erica Murphy
    • Andrea Kilpatrick
    • Keith Brooks

  • Archived Agendas and Minutes

    • Download all 2020-21 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.

Achievement First Hartford Academy Board

  • Officers

    • Erwin Hurst, Sr, Chair
    • Francoise Deristel-Leger, Vice Chair
    • Victor de la Paz, Treasurer
    • Surbhi Patel, Secretary

  • Directors

    • Lisa Tanen-LaFontaine
    • Alice Turner
    • Charon Smalls
    • Leonard Epps

  • 2024-25 AF Hartford Academy Board Meeting Schedule

    •  Thursday, October 10, 2024, 5:30 pm /Amistad High School 580 Dixwell Avenue New Haven, CT 06511
      agenda| minutes
    • Thursday, December 12, 2024, 5:30 pm /Amistad High School 580 Dixwell Avenue New Haven, CT 06511
      agenda| minutes
    • Thursday, March 6, 2025, 5:30 pm / Zoom meeting
      agenda| minutes
    • Thursday, April 10, 2025, 5:30 pm /AF Hartford High School, 305 Greenfield Street, Hartford, CT 06112
      agenda| minutes
    • Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 5:30 pm / Zoom meeting
      agenda| minutes
    • Thursday, June 5, 2025, 5:30 pm /AF Bridgeport Elementary School, 655 Stillman Street Bridgeport, CT 06608
      agenda| minutes

  • 2023-24 AF Hartford Academy Board Meeting Schedule

  • 2024-25 AF Hartford Academy Committee Meeting Schedule

    • Finance Committee meets on Zoom

  • 2023-24 AF Hartford Academy Committee Meeting Schedule

    • AF Hartford Joint HS Committee meets on Zoom
    • Finance Committee meets on Zoom
      • Wednesday, October 4, at 12:30 PM
        agenda | minutes | recording
      • Thursday, November 4, at 12:45 PM
        agenda | minutes | recording
      • Wednesday, April 10, at 11:30 AM
        agenda | minutes | recording

  • Archived Agendas and Minutes

    • Download all 2020-21 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2019-20 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2018-19 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2017-18 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2016-17 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2015-16 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2014-15 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2013-14 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2012-13 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.

Achievement First Rhode Island Board

  • Officers

    • Mayor Brett Smiley, Chair
    • Maryellen Butke, Vice Chair
    • James Wiley, Treasurer

  • Directors

    • Mayor Charles Lombardi
    • Macky McCleary
    • Janelle Clarke-Holley
    • Nicole Pollock
    • Victor Capellan

  • 2024-25 AF Rhode Island Board Meeting Schedule

    • Tuesday, October 1, 2024, 5:30 pm / Zoom meeting
      agenda| minutes
    • Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 5:30 pm / Zoom meeting
      agenda| minutes
    • Monday, March 10, 2025, 5:30 pm / Zoom meeting + AF Providence High School, 206 Elmwood Avenue, Providence, RI 02907
      agenda| minutes – CANCELED
    • Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 9:15 am / Zoom meeting + 234 Daboll Street, Providence, RI 02907
    • agenda| minutes
    • Thursday, April 24, 2025, 5:30 pm / Zoom meeting +AF Providence High School, 206 Elmwood Avenue, Providence, RI 02907
      agenda| minutes
    • Thursday, June 12, 2025, 5:30 pm – CANCELED
    • Monday, July 7, 2025, 5:45 pm / Zoom meeting + RI Education Collective: 235 Georgia Ave, Suite 102, Providence, RI 02905
      agenda| minutes

  • 2023-24 AF Rhode Island Board Meeting Schedule

  • 2024-25 AF Rhode Island Committee Meeting Schedule

    • Finance Committee meets on Zoom

  • Budget

    • Download the 2019-20 budget here.

  • Archived Agendas and Minutes

    • Download all 2019-20 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2019-20 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2018-19 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2017-18 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2016-17 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2015-16 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2014-15 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2013-14 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.

Amistad Academy Board

  • Officers

    • Lorraine Gibbons, Chair

  • Directors

    • Jennifer Alexander
    • Patricia B. Sweet
    • Shannelle Whyte
    • Yashira Zwisler
    • James Baron
    • Michael Burke
    • Henry Melzer

  • 2024-25 Amistad Academy Board Meeting Schedule

    • Thursday, October 10, 2024, 5:30 pm /Amistad High School 580 Dixwell Avenue New Haven, CT 06511
      agenda
    • Thursday, December 12, 2024, 5:30 pm / Amistad High School 580 Dixwell Avenue New Haven, CT 06511
      agenda
    • Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 5:30 pm / Zoom meeting
      agenda
    • Thursday, April 10, 2025, 5:30 pm /AF Hartford High School, 305 Greenfield Street, Hartford, CT 06112
      agenda
    • Thursday, May 22, 2025, 4:45 pm / Zoom meeting
      agenda
    • Thursday, June 5, 2025, 5:30 pm /AF Bridgeport Elementary School, 655 Stillman Street Bridgeport, CT 06608
      agenda|

  • 2023-24 Amistad Academy Board Meeting Schedule

  • 2024-25 Amistad Academy Committee Meeting Schedule

    • Finance Committee meets on Zoom

  • 2023-24 Amistad Academy Committee Meeting Schedule

    • Amistad Academy Joint HS Committee meets on Zoom
    • Finance Committee meets on Zoom
      • Wednesday, October 11, at 4:30 PM
        agenda | minutes | recording
      • Thursday, November 30, at 10:45 AM
        agenda | minutes | recording
      • Wednesday, April 3, at 12:30 PM
        agenda | minutes | recording
    •  Personnel Committee Meets on Zoom

  • Archived Agendas and Minutes

    • Download all 2020-21 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2019-20 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2018-19 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2017-18 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2016-17 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2015-16 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2014-15 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2013-14 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2012-13 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.

Note: Under Connecticut state law, charter schools must post their yearly schedule of board meetings, as well as the agenda and minutes of each meeting

Elm City College Preparatory Board

  • Officers

    • Dick Ferguson, Chair
    • Laura Saverin, Treasurer
    • Stephanie Ma, Secretary

  • Directors

    • Patric Gregory
    • LaVonta Bryant
    • Sanjana Nayak

  • 2024-25 Elm City College Preparatory Board Meeting Schedule

    •  Thursday, October 10, 2024, 5:30 pm /Amistad High School 580 Dixwell Avenue New Haven, CT 06511
      agenda| minutes|
    • Thursday, December 12, 2024, 5:30 pm /Amistad High School 580 Dixwell Avenue New Haven, CT 06511
      agenda| minutes |
    • Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 5:30 pm / Zoom meeting
      agenda| minutes|
    • Thursday, April 10, 2025, 5:30 pm / AF Hartford High School, 305 Greenfield Street, Hartford, CT 06112
      agenda| minutes
    • Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 5:30 pm / Zoom meeting
      agenda| minutes|
    • Thursday, June 5, 2025, 5:30 pm /AF Bridgeport Elementary School, 655 Stillman Street Bridgeport, CT 06608
      agenda| minutes |

  • 2023-24 Elm City College Preparatory Board Meeting Schedule

  • 2024-25 Elm City College Preparatory Committee Meeting Schedule

    • Finance Committee meets on Zoom

  • 2023-24 Elm City College Preparatory Committee Meeting Schedule

    • Amistad Academy Joint HS Committee meets on Zoom
    • Finance Committee meets on Zoom
      • Wednesday, October 4, at 1:30 PM
        agenda | minutes |
      • Wednesday, November 29, at 2:00 PM
        agenda | minutes |
      • Wednesday, April 10, at 11:00 AM
        agenda | minutes |
    • Personnel Committee meets on Zoom
      • Wednesday,February 21, at 11:30 AM
        agenda| minutes|
      • Tuesday, June 4 at 4:30 pm
        agenda| minutes|

  • Archived Agendas and Minutes

    • Download all 2020-21 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2019-20 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2018-19 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2017-18 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2016-17 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2015-16 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2014-15 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2013-14 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2012-13 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.

Note: Under Connecticut state law, charter schools must post their yearly schedule of board meetings, as well as the agenda and minutes of each meeting.

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